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Polycystic ovary syndrome : an opportunity to reduce the incidence and burden of ischemic heart disease among young women? Panchuk, Kristi; Mackay, Martha; Humphries, Karin; Cheung, Anthony; Taipale, Priscilla Gail

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We are planning a study that will address the research question: Are women with premature IHD more likely than controls to have had signs of PCOS during their reproductive lives? The casecontrol design, comparing the prevalence of putative PCOS among women with known acute coronary syndromes (ACS) with that among women without ACS, is novel.[The complete version of University of British Columbia nursing student journal for 2013 is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45164]

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